IC 2950
IC 2950
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · Sc
308 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
58k ly
across
14.9
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 308 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 2950 as it looked roughly 308 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 2861Lenticular19 million ly
apartNGC 3897Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3897Barred spiral21 million ly
apartIC 2987Barred spiral25 million ly
apartNGC 4097Lenticular30 million ly
apartIC 3014Barred spiral31 million ly
apartIC 3022Elliptical33 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).